Roger G3XBM's (Mainly) Amateur Radio Blog

A very happy New Year to all readers of this blog. 2012 should bring us even better HF conditions as we approach the peak of Cycle 24. Wit...

Some good news: amateurs in The Netherlands now have access to the 500kHz band (again) and 70-70.5MHz (4m).  Countries permitting 4m operati...

On Dec 27th 2011 Elecraft announced that their new QRP radio can now be ordered with deliveries starting in about 8-9 weeks time. As a QR...

To everyone that reads this blog from time to time, may I wish you and your friends and families a very happy and peaceful Christmas. It is ...

Talking about QSL cards makes me think of my very first QSL cards received back in the 1960s. In those days I used the ISWL QSL bureau whi...

Just been having an interesting debate on Facebook about someone requesting an eQSL for an exchange of WSPR reports. Some would argue that, ...

Recently I wanted to buy a couple of non-standard crystals for a VLF project with the crystal divided down using a 4060 divider. After askin...

G3XIZ has been having a lot of success on 40m WSPR recently using a 100mW DSB transmitter to generate a WSPR signal. All that is needed is a...

A friend sent me this link http://www.dc9dz.de/en/index.html which shows the design and construction of a 15kW HF PA circuit for the ama...

The excellent Southgate Amateur Radio News site has some information which should concern amateurs who build kits. They recommend writing t...